uneven field. anything?

I don't think this is anything, but I noticed this uneven area behind Rosie's neck. It is a little shallower than the rest of the field. Is this anything at all?

 

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looks like 5% at most off

 

Possible lamination???

 

It looks like it was struck through grease behind his neck, but I assume you mean the off-centre strike. As long as the rim is still full, it carries no premium.

 

Doesn't seem technically "off-center," and the unevenness is likely a strike through grease. My humble opinion.

Joe

 

That's funny. I didn't even notice that it was slightly off center. I was talking about the area near the rim behind his neck. It is shallow there, like not enough metal flowed into the field. It is not very distinct, but it is there....

 

it's very common with rosevelts and holds no premium

 

Without seeing the reverse I would have to say it's a misaligned die. The area your talking about is probably a struck through.

 

Thanks for your comments. It is my last 2009 dime, and the prices keep falling so I went ahead and put it on ebay as a "possible error" and described it and put up the picture. We'll see what happens.

 

Your e-bay listing sounds pretty convincing. If I didn't know any better I would bid on it.

 

I would say it's lamination near the neck since there's alot of indications of a peeling effect by the third pic especially, and the coin doe's not look misaligned to me a normal coin in that respect.


The rim looks just like finning no misaligned die to me ,and if it is no big deal it;s not significant enough to have a premium anyway maybe the lamination error.The coin if it were 5 percent off it would have taking some of the elements out a bit. Goldstone
JC

 

I got another 20 or so 2009 P dimes, and several of them have the exact same area of distortion/shallowness.

Interesting huh?

 

Just coins, are we looking at the same coin? Not a misaligned die you say, look a little harder.

 

Are we? I still wouldn't classify this as a mis aligned die the rim looks like a little finning that;s all my friend

JCl

 

You're saying that that die hit that coin centered?

 

I thought i was seeing some raised extra metal on the upper rims.Until I examined the specimen further

JC

 

The term misaligned die is a pretty much worthless designation. Technically unless the dies are perfectly centered, they are misaligned. In that case probably better than 80% of all the coins out there can be said to have misaligned dies. Since so many coins come that way it is better to just say those coins are normal and reserve the MAD designation for those coins where the rim on one edge is completely missing on either the obv or reverse but not one the other side (obv/rev). Basically if it has rims, even if they are thinner on one side than than the other, it's normal.

 

Is there anyone here able to get rolls of 2009 Dimes and Nickels at face for me ?

Thanks

 

I do agree, a MAD are when dies were knocked significantly out of alignment, maybe we should change the terminology to 'off-to-one-side'.